Crime, Courts, Calamity

PATTANI — A public school teacher was gunned down over the weekend in Pattani province, where nearly 200 teachers in the region have been assassinated since secessionist violence broke out in 2004.

PATTANI — A public school teacher was gunned down over the weekend in Pattani province, where nearly 200 teachers in the region have been assassinated since secessionist violence broke out in 2004.

CHONBURI — A 40-year-old Pakistani tourist says he was drugged and robbed by two Thai prostitutes in Pattaya, a popular tourist destination east of Bangkok known for its red-light district.

PATTANI – The military says two high-ranking members of the separatist movement in southern Thailand were shot and killed during a gun battle with security forces in Pattani province on Friday.

CHONBURI — Police have arrested a 23-year-old Thai man for allegedly slashing a Russian tourist with a knife in an attempt to rob her in the resort town of Pattaya last night.

SURAT THANI — The dead body found off the southern island of Koh Tao yesterday is not the Swiss tourist who was reported missing a week ago, police say.

BANGKOK — A British man who reportedly lost 10 million baht in a fraud scheme was found dead in his guesthouse room in Chiang Mai province today.

AMNAT CHAROEN — At least five heavily armed soldiers broke up a group of women and men who were caught gambling in the middle of a rice field in the northeastern province of Amnart Charoen today.

YALA – An unidentified assailant killed a Muslim cleric and seriously wounded his 7-year-old son in the insurgency-plagued southern province of Yala last night.

AYUTTHAYA — Police raided a gold jewelry shop in Ayutthaya province this morning where three Laotian children were reportedly forced to work for less than 20 baht a day.